Sunday, February 10, 2013

In the wonderful sea of new historical shows which are coming to us this or next year, and in which we shall see everything from pirates and medieval painters turned heroes, to Scottish queens and vampires, another lovely addition will be new mini series ODYSSEUS (or ULYSSES, I'm not sure how it will be named in English version since the production is French) coming up from international producers, mainly Italian and German ones. The new take on Homer's "The Odyssey" will recount the events that took place in Ithaca while famous classical hero from ancient Greek myths Odysseuswas absent for 20 years!

ODYSSEUS STORY

The situation in Ithaca is critical. Ten years have passed since the Trojan War ended, and all the warriors have returned home, except for one: Odysseus, who is rumoured to have been lost at sea. Ithaca, deprived of its king for far too long, lacks many resources, and its people

are beginning to complain. Penelope maintains her husband's throne as best she can and holds on to what little power she still has. Every day, she faces everyone's doubts about Odysseus' return, as well as the scheming of Leocritus, the head of the warriors with a claim to the throne. She protects her son Telemachus and keeps him at a safe

distance from the games of power. Neither a great strategist nor a warrior, he must nevertheless take action on behalf of Ithaca. Will Telemachus be able to defend his father's throne? And what if Odysseus returns after 20 years' absence?

ODYSSEUS CAST

The co-production of Arte France, GMT, MakingProd, Movie Heart and with the participation of Rai Uno, Italian national television, the new epic mini series ODYSSEUS will have ten episodes in the first season and will feature a rather interesting

CARAVAGGIO) will play the lead role of Odysseus! The cast will also include charming AmrWaked as Eukharistos whom we've seen as the sheik in delightful SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN last year, Eurynome will be played by Vittoria Scognamiglio, Laertes by

The first six episodes are based on the book, which begins 10 years
after the end of the Trojan war. ODYSSEUS, king of Ithaca, has still not
returned home and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus are struggling
to maintain order. The second half of the TV series will take the
characters beyond Homer’s story. The channels which already bought the
rights on airing the series include Rai Uno (Italy), RTP (Portugal),
Ceska TV (Czech Republic), SFTV (Switzerland), TV Novi Sad in your spy's
Vojvodina , YLE (Finland), Markiza (Slovakia), Globo TV (Brazil) and
international French channel TV5 Monde!

Pfft that is not the excuse for the blasphemy, Zombie Lord, we are still thinking of burning you at stakes at the square, the crowds love such entertainment :PPP Especially now that the powerful Armada stands behind us too :)

LOVE the classics! So nice to see them coming back in full force. The last time this happened was WAY back in the 80's with Clash of the Titans ... but nothing really big since the 50's with Ben Hur, and ALL THOSE STEVE REEEVES' movies with those horrible voiceovers... LOL.

yep, it is true that for some reason, epic films didn't yield a huge hit in last few decades even though everybody likes them. But only on film, when it comes to TV we have seen many legendary shows appear in the last decade from TUDORS to ROME and SPARTACUS.

I tend to agree on that, Sam Wise, the only French film I've ever liked was QUEEN MARGOT with Isabele Adiani and Vincent Peres (that one had Serbian music from our composer Goran Bregovic), and the only French actress I love is Emanuelle Beart, but I do love Vincent Peres, Vincent Cassel and many others French actors.